Inflation soars to outside RBA target range
Rising electricity prices drove the annual inflation rate over 3 percent and outside the Reserve Bank’s target range, putting at risk any interest rate cut next
Read more29 October 2025Economy
Sunday storms deemed “significant’ by Insurance Council
Sunday’s wild storms that wreaked havoc across south-east Queensland have been declared a Significant Event by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
ICA CEO Andrew
Read more29 October 2025
5 charts that show the desperate plight of youth
By Intifar Chowdhury
Australia is becoming increasingly unequal.
The story is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents
Read more29 October 2025
Tolerance for commuting grows as travel times top an hour
The average Aussie is now spending more than hour commuting to and from work each day, with travel times busting the 60-minute mark over the past three years.
New data
Read more29 October 2025
AI replacing up to one-in-three entry-level roles
New data showing almost 20 percent of businesses have replaced entry-level accounting roles with artificial intelligence (AI), has prompted a warning from the
Read more29 October 2025
Wage rates submission puts hiring of juniors at risk
More than three-quarters of retailers would stop hiring young people if junior wage rates were abolished.
New research, commissioned by the Australian Retailers
Read more27 October 2025
Positive signs of wellbeing … if you’re old and live in a city
Aussies believe the nation is heading in the right direction, but opinions vary depending on your age and where you live.
The insights were revealed in the latest
Read more27 October 2025
Grocery costs 40 percent higher through delivery apps
Australians could be paying a premium of as much as 40 percent buying groceries through delivery apps, as opposed to directly at supermarkets.
CHOICE Editorial Director
Read more27 October 2025
Flexibility sets Australian workers apart from global trends
Australian workers list flexibility ahead of pay as the main factor keeping them from leaving their job in search of other opportunities.
The latest ADP People at Work
Read more22 October 2025
First Australian projects to benefit from US minerals deal
Mining projects in Western Australia and the Northern Territory will be the first to benefit from a critical minerals agreement signed with the United States.
Prime
Read more21 October 2025